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G. SWAYZE. ANTISPATTERING- GUARD.

Patentd Aug. 21, 1894.

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v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

CALEB SWAYZE, OF TORO N IO, CANADA.

ANTISPATTEIRINGT-GUARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 524,795, dated August 21, 1894.

Application filed May 2, 1894. Serial No. 509.830. (No model.)

ment hereinafter described and then defi nitely claimed.

In the accompanying drawings-Figure 1 represents a face view of an anti-spattering 4 device constructed according'to my invention,

with part broken away. Fig. 2 shows a vertical section of the same.

Referring now to the details of the drawings by letter-A represents a concave disk of rubber, having a peculiarly shaped slot B in its center, something like a key-hole in form, the upper part being round and adapted to receive the end of the faucet to be set into the barrel or keg. Around the edge is set a wire spring 0, and across the center is another spring D, both preferably molded in the rubber, but they may be attached in any other convenient way.

When it is desired to tap a keg or barrel,

I the attachment is first placed on said keg or In some cases I providea fiap of thinner material which crosses the lower part of the opening (as shown in dotted lines) to prevent 5 any of the liquid from passing through this part, but I do not consider this as absolutely necessary. v

From the above description and the accompanying drawings it will be seen that I have provided an anti-spattering guard that will be found to be very convenient in tapping a barrel, keg, 850., as with it such barrel or keg may be tapped without the least danger of spattering or soiling apersons clothes, which spattering is of such common occurrence in the old-fashioned way of tapping barrels, &c.

I do not wish to limit myself to rubber as the material of which I make my guard, as other substances may be used.

What I claim as new is- 1. As a new article of manufacture, an antispattering guard, comprising a flexible, concave disk having a slot running from the edge toward the center,whose inner extremity is round and expansible and adapted to fit around a faucet, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The anti-spattering guard herein described, comprising the disk of rubber A, hav- 7o ing a hole B beginning at the edge and runnin g toward the center, and provided with the springs C D, embedded in the same, all substantially as described and shown.

In testimony whereof I afiiix my signature, in presence of two witnesses, this 26th day of April, 1894.

CALEB SWAYZE.

Witnesses:

KATIE J OHNSTONE, A. 0. WHITE. 

